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Exploring Local Changes Through Historical Maps: The Mapledene Estate Case Study

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This lesson investigates local changes using maps, particularly focusing on the Mapledene Estate in Hackney. Maps are valuable tools for studying transformations in an area over time, accessible through local museums, libraries, and archives. The lesson highlights significant changes to housing before and after WWII, illustrated by maps from Hackney Archives. Notably, the impact of wartime air raids resulted in a mix of Victorian and post-war structures in Mapledene Road. Various historical maps provide insight into the area's evolving landscape.

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Exploring Local Changes Through Historical Maps: The Mapledene Estate Case Study

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  1. How can we identify local changes?Lesson 2, Presentation Supported by: Developed in partnership with:

  2. Investigating change in our local area with maps Maps are an ideal way to study changes in an area, they can be found in local museums, libraries and archives. Mapledene Estate in Hackney is a good example of a local case study that shows the changes to the housing before and after WWII. Maps from Hackney Archives record the astonishing changes that have occurred around Mapledene Road, primarily due to the damage caused by war-time air raids. As a result the area has a mixture of Victorian and post-war housing.

  3. Ref. Ordnance Survey map, 1894, Hackney Archives, Sheet V11 17

  4. Ref. Ordnance Survey map, 1934, Hackney Archives, Sheet V11 17

  5. Maps and photographs (Hackney Archives)

  6. Ref. Ordnance Survey map, 1949, Hackney Archives, Sheet F9

  7. Ref. Ordnance Survey map, 1951, Hackney Archives, Sheet F9

  8. Site plan of Mapledene Estate, 1948 Hackney Archives, Ref. H/EP/28

  9. Current aerial view of Mapledene Road in Google Maps

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